Elizabeth Ford

Elizabeth Ford is a Visiting Professor at the Seattle University School of Law, specializing in labor and employment law. Her research focuses on wage theft, administrative enforcement failures, and systemic solutions like the proposed Wage Recovery Funds framework. She teaches in a workers' rights clinic and has published extensively on legal reforms to empower low-wage workers.

• Key Roles: Visiting Professor (Seattle University School of Law), Workers' Rights Clinic Director
• Research Areas: Wage theft recovery mechanisms, administrative law, clinical legal education, state labor policies

Her 2022 article in the California Law Review critiques current wage enforcement systems and proposes Wage Recovery Funds to shift financial risks from workers to employers. She has co-hosted a podcast discussing this framework and authored over 20 state-specific analyses in the Uncommon Law series.